Free ICT Manifesto publication
At the Sustainable leaders conference in Dublin we have launched the 2024 Manifesto with our Policy Recommendations!
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After the Storm. Navigating Europe’s new ICT policy landscape Free ICT Europe has released its first 2026 interim report, After the Storm, offering a timely analysis of how shifting EU political priorities are reshaping the future of the ICT market and the secondary technology ecosystem. Drawing on developments from the second half of 2025 and…
Though they’re gone through a number of iterations I’ve read these words so many times it feels as if they are scorched onto my retina; IBM’s much vaunted reason for doing precisely what they please, when they please. You’ll find it on any documentation or emails or notices relating to microcode restrictions, as if it…
Has your organization explored the secondary software market? Buying and selling used software can free up much needed IT budgets and reduce compliance and audit headaches. Software is an asset and should be treated and managed as such, like other business assets (in certain conditions). Click the link below for access to a comprehensive whitepaper…
News of a new Broadcom deal rarely arrives with great fanfare. The November 2023 VMWare acquisition provoked open worry online and in business circles, with many critics wondering whether the former Hewlett-Packard spinoff’s reputation would prove accurate — one of “milking” its cash cow purchases by cutting expenses and extracting revenue, often at the expense…
If you had to bury every product you’d ever bought before you purchased a new one,would you even have enough space in the garden to do it? It’s enough to make you stop and think: how much space can the landfills really hold? Laptops, smartphones, servers and more all have increasingly short lifespans, or at…
Europe is moving:increasing special requirements for product types through EU Ecodesign product groups. At first these were focussed on energy reduction. However following review it and putting an emphasis on circular economy aspects, it appears that improvements to stimulate materials used, repair, reuse and recycling should be added – underpinned by a standard for all…